Martin Paaskesen (b. 1987) is one of the most promising painter of Denmark. A Danish Art Foundation fellow, Paaskesen imbues his paintings with freedom and immediacy. Playing mostly on raw canvases, Paaskesen forged in just a few years a singular practice, blurring the lines between figuration and abstraction. The series Seagulls and the Sea, created exclusively for The Curators, is a milestone in Paaskesen's research and certainly one of his most personal project. Drawing inspiration from his childhood memories of Jutland, the artist revisits  symbols of his identity with a radical and yet playful writing. Emerged from a vast negative space, the brush strokes are bold, energetic. The figures and shapes strike by their raw musicality. And while using a "naive" vocabulary, Paaskesen creates an upbeat and subtle...